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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jack realize when he told Glad of his plans for the future?
(a) Glad was an inept farmer.
(b) Clara wanted to stay and run the business.
(c) Glad and Clara would never live in Port William.
(d) Glad had already found a way to take over the farm.

2. After Jack's lawyer gives the tenant the news, where does he go?
(a) Into the shed.
(b) Into the barn.
(c) Into the fields.
(d) Into the house.

3. What was the relationship between Jack and Glad?
(a) Business-like.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Deep.
(d) Superficial.

4. Where was Rose's husband when Jack saw Rose after the time had elapsed following their first meeting?
(a) Living with another woman.
(b) In another town running a new practice.
(c) Missing and no one knows where he is.
(d) Dead.

5. Who comes to pay their respects as Jack lies in the coffin?
(a) Glad, Clara, and people from town.
(b) Clara and Margaret.
(c) Only Glad and Clara.
(d) Just friends from town.

6. After Mat determines that Jack is dead, where does he go?
(a) Funeral home.
(b) Clara's house.
(c) Home.
(d) Jack's farm.

7. Who was one of Jack's personal heroes?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

8. What did Mat ask to have read during the funeral?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) A eulogy.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Psalms.

9. What was significant about Rose McInnis's marriage?
(a) The fought in public constantly.
(b) It was so strange that the people in town thought it was an odd marriage.
(c) She and her husband were both under 20.
(d) They were in the midst of a very public divorce.

10. How is Rose living during the second period of time in which Jack encounters her?
(a) With friends.
(b) Depressed.
(c) In filth.
(d) Alone.

11. What became obvious to Jack regarding his relationship with Clara after Ruth's death?
(a) Jack loved her more than ever before.
(b) They wouldn't be able to continue a relationship.
(c) Clara loved Jack more than Jack loved Clara.
(d) The lack of a relationship became evident.

12. What does Jack's lawyer inform Jack's tenant when he arrives on the farm?
(a) That Jack wanted the tenant to buy the farm at half price after his death.
(b) That the farm is going to be given to Mat.
(c) That the farm is going to Clara.
(d) That the farm land is going to be donated to a developer in town.

13. What does the unusual amount of energy cause Mat to do?
(a) Stay up all night thinking about Jack.
(b) Build a shed.
(c) Construct a monument in Jack's honor.
(d) Drive all night long to be with Clara.

14. Where did Ruth go after her heart attack?
(a) To Clara's house in Louisville.
(b) To Mat's and Margaret's house.
(c) Back to the farm with Jack.
(d) To Rose's house.

15. When Ruth learned about Jack's new relationship with Rose, what was her reaction?
(a) Ruth was happy because she knew that the new business arrangement would give them more money.
(b) Ruth was hurt.
(c) Ruth was thrilled.
(d) She didn't care.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the preacher do during Jack's service?

2. How did Ruth feel about the mortgage being paid off?

3. After changing his feelings about Rose, what did Jack decide to accept about his marriage?

4. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?

5. When Mat finds that Jack is dead, what is his reaction?

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